I'll gibbet up his name.
Oldham.
Gib"bier (?), n. [F. gibier.] Wild fowl; game. [Obs.] Addison.
Gib"bon (?), n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zoˆl.) Any arboreal ape of the genus
Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies
and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and
have very long arms, adapted for climbing.
The white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), the crowned (H. pilatus), the
wou-wou or singing gibbon (H. agilis), the siamang, and the hoolock.
are the most common species.
Gib" boom` (?). See Jib boom.
Gib*bose" (?), a. [L. gibbosus, fr. gibbus, gibba, hunch, hump. Cf.
Gibbous.] Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one
or more large elevations. Brande & C.
Gib*bost"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. gibbositÈ.] The state of being gibbous or
gibbose; gibbousness.